Is Xoxo Ginger + Lemon ultra-processed?

Sodas Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Sweetener
E1400 Dextrin
E414 Acacia gum

14 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed sodas

Boisson petillante Belvoir Fleur de Surea Belvoir Fruit Farms 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Raspberry lemonade Belvoir fruit farms 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Fever-Tree premium Indian tonic water Waitrose 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
DASH Raspberry Dash water 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 3

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Carbonated water, prebiotic fibre mix (tapioca dextrin (ultra-processing marker), jerusalem artichoke, acacia gum (ultra-processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), natural ginger-lemon flavouring, apple juice, citric acid, acidity regulator (sodium citrate), sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (steviol glycosides from stevia plant), lemon juice concentrate

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Carbonated water, prebiotic fibre mix (tapioca dextrin, jerusalem artichoke, acacia gum), sugar, natural ginger-lemon flavouring, apple juice concentrate, citric acid, acidity regulator: sodium citrate, sweetener: steviol glycosides from stevia plant, lemon juice concentrate.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 612 sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 283rd. 94% of the sodas here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 612 sodas, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5070000962023, last edited 16 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.